Melanesia vs Micronesia: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 348,669 An against 4,926 An in Micronesia, a difference of 343,743 An.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 70.8 times Micronesia's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Micronesia ranks 19th of 20 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Micronesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 249,792 An | 4,000 An | 245,792 An | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 290,555 An | 4,030 An | 286,525 An | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 308,739 An | 4,484 An | 304,255 An | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 338,461 An | 4,841 An | 333,621 An | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Melanesia or Micronesia?
- Melanesia, at 348,669 An against 4,926 An in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Melanesia and Micronesia?
- 343,743 An, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Micronesia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Micronesia rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Micronesia ranks 19th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.